Soundgarden, along with The White Stripes, Bad Company, Joe Cocker, Sly and the Family Stone, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Salt N Pepa, Carol Kaye, Warren Zevon, and others, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame class in November. You can now stream a condensed version of the 2025 ceremonies on Hulu and watch Jim Carrey’s speech inducting Soundgarden, now. Continue reading
Soundgarden, Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Oasis, and The White Stripes, are among the nominees for this year’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame class of 2025. To be eligible for a nomination, the artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years before the year of nomination. There is only a fan, vote but it counts for 1% of all votes and therefore is a meaningless exercise. Bad Company, The Black Crowes, have made the list for the first time while Soundgarden returned to the ballot after first appearing in 2023. See all the nominees below. Continue reading
One of the best and most prolific and coolest bass players in Rock history, T.M. Stevens, has died. He was 72. His colleague, fellow New Yorker, and musician Ronny Drayton broke the news on social media. Tributes have been pouring in from across all musical genres. Since 2017 T.M. was in a care facility while suffering from dementia. Starting out in the nineteen seventies in New York, T.M. was an early wunderkind on bass and received many accolades from bass and guitar magazines. He was also known for his flamboyant fashion sense and persona. Also known as Shaka Zulu, and fronting his own band also called Shakazooloo, his versatility and talent saw him as a member of his original band Space Cadets, as well as a recording and/or touring member of Pretenders, Steve’ Vai’s solo band for the album Passion and Warfare (also featuring Devin Townsend), his peer Victor Wooten, as well as hit albums from James Brown, Billy Squire, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, 2Pac, Joe Cocker, Darlene Love, Taylor Dayne, Nona Hendrix, and over 247 credits according to Discogs.com. T.M. was also a fixture on many rock and metal tribute albums over the years. RIP. Continue reading